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Clinton Library Got Funds From Abroad: Saudis Said to Have Given $10 Million
Washington Post ^ | Saturday, December 15, 2007 | By John Solomon and Jeffrey H. Birnbaum

Posted on 12/15/2007 2:05:37 AM PST by JohnHuang2

Bill Clinton's presidential library raised more than 10 percent of the cost of its $165 million facility from foreign sources, with the most generous overseas donation coming from Saudi Arabia, according to interviews yesterday.

The royal family of Saudi Arabia gave the Clinton facility in Little Rock about $10 million, roughly the same amount it gave toward the presidential library of George H.W. Bush, according to people directly familiar with the contributions.

The presidential campaign of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) has for months faced questions about the source of the money for her husband's presidential library. During a September debate, moderator Tim Russert asked the senator whether her husband would release a donor list. Clinton said she was sure her husband would "be happy to consider that," though the former president later declined to provide a list of donors.

Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) has made an issue of the large yet unidentified contributors to presidential libraries, saying that he wants to avoid even the appearance of impropriety in such donations. Obama has introduced legislation that would require disclosure of all contributions to presidential libraries, including Clinton's, and Congress has actively debated such a proposal. Unlike campaign donations, money given to presidential libraries is often done with limited or no disclosure.

The Clinton library has steadfastly declined to reveal its donors, saying they were promised confidentiality. The William J. Clinton Foundation, which funds the library, is considered a charity whose contributors can remain anonymous.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Arkansas
KEYWORDS: campaignfinance; clintonlibrary; corruption; foreignmoney; hillaryscandals; saudiarabia; transparency
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To: mewzilla
Another Clinton Foreign Donor Scandal, this time its the Indians.
21 posted on 12/15/2007 4:26:22 AM PST by mewzilla (In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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To: mewzilla

Thanks- my, they get around...


22 posted on 12/15/2007 4:29:33 AM PST by backhoe (Just a Merry-Hearted Keyboard PirateBoy, plunderin’ his way across the WWW…)
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To: mewzilla
Two more donors to the foundation, from this link...

Behre Dolbear Global Mining News

...page 8, 100 million each from Frank Giustra and Carlos Slim Helu.

23 posted on 12/15/2007 4:34:29 AM PST by mewzilla (In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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To: backhoe

Check out the last two guys I just posted...


24 posted on 12/15/2007 4:34:57 AM PST by mewzilla (In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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To: mewzilla
More on the Canadian mining angle...

Clinton mining anti-poverty plan gets $100 mln pledge

25 posted on 12/15/2007 4:37:12 AM PST by mewzilla (In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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To: mewzilla
Puff piece from The Economist...

The brand of Clinton

...but there's one useful little nugget in the second paragraph from the bottom.

...One controversial aspect of the CGI is that many of the pledges—according to the foundation there have been nearly 600 so far, worth almost $10 billion—are to do things that boost the profits of the companies concerned, such as Wal-Mart.

A 10 billion dollar slush fund. Accountable to no-one but the Toons. Lovely.

26 posted on 12/15/2007 4:42:22 AM PST by mewzilla (In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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To: cgbg

Laws merely reflect a national understanding of morality. If the leaders are immoral it makes no difference what the laws are.

I can attach some of these thoughts to a few members of TSCOUS!


27 posted on 12/15/2007 4:45:15 AM PST by buck61
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To: MindBender26
The gulf war intervened. It was put on hold.They didn’t have a lot of money.”

I about spewed my coffee on that one.
28 posted on 12/15/2007 4:50:05 AM PST by visualops (artlife.us)
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To: mewzilla
Check out the last two guys I just posted...

I don't think I can stand another eight years of this hillbilly clown-car circus. If Hillary! doesn't self-destruct, I'm movin' to Canada...

29 posted on 12/15/2007 4:54:28 AM PST by backhoe (Just a Merry-Hearted Keyboard PirateBoy, plunderin’ his way across the WWW…)
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To: JohnHuang2

Clinton is a terrorist best friend, he let Saddam fire at our pilots in the no fly zone for 8 years, and now his wife would lift ever Bush executive order to enable more terrorism. Thank Bush the terrorist are beaten down in Iraq, now their not so popular anywhere else.


30 posted on 12/15/2007 4:57:35 AM PST by Son House ($$Proud Member of Vast Right Wing, Out To Lower Your Tax Rates For More Opportunities.$$)
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To: backhoe

You can do a lot of good with this much money. You can do a lot of bad, too. What I don’t get is how they can keep donors a secret. I thought that federal law mandated that charities have to make available to the public the ID’s of donors over a certain amount. How do the Toons get a pass on this?


31 posted on 12/15/2007 5:54:47 AM PST by mewzilla (In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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To: mewzilla
A few more names here...

Still Quiet on Library Donors

32 posted on 12/15/2007 5:57:07 AM PST by mewzilla (In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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To: mewzilla
A mention of Eric Hotung here, from '97....

CAMPAIGN FINANCE: THE HEARINGS; Adviser Defends Clinton on Donor Visits

33 posted on 12/15/2007 6:00:41 AM PST by mewzilla (In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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To: JohnHuang2

“Slush Fund at the Trailer” is what the Clinton LIEBRARY is.


34 posted on 12/15/2007 6:02:06 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion: The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: mewzilla
More names here....

Clinton Crime Family

Ye gad. I need a scorecard.

35 posted on 12/15/2007 6:04:54 AM PST by mewzilla (In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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To: mewzilla

Please post this info on EVERY Hillary thread for new freepers and LURKERS from the media especially. Thanks.


36 posted on 12/15/2007 6:05:59 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion: The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Ann Archy
I'm no lawyer or accountant. Is there a difference between the library and the foundation, fiscally speaking? Are they different charities? Rolled into the same charity.

How in perdition can the Toons be in control of billions of bucks/pledges and no-one want to know where the money's coming from and how it's being spent?!

37 posted on 12/15/2007 6:08:14 AM PST by mewzilla (In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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To: Ann Archy

I’ll be keeping the link handy. This has really got my dander up....


38 posted on 12/15/2007 6:08:48 AM PST by mewzilla (In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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To: mewzilla

Its all one big slush fund and all DIRTY money from DIRTY people who are anti-American and want this country brought down to their knees.


39 posted on 12/15/2007 6:10:35 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion: The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Ann Archy
Here's an '05 link that creates a few more questions...

Clinton Foundation Found At Fault

Two interesting snippets...

The Clinton Foundation’s latest report, released on September 23, showed the organization took in $57.7 million in donations last year, and borrowed nearly $38.5 million to cover expenses related to the library.

And...

Last year’s borrowings included an unsecured, low-interest $10 million loan from Titanium Acquisition Corporation, a firm connected to entertainment industry executive Haim Saban, a close friend of Clinton.

Okaaaaay....

40 posted on 12/15/2007 6:15:23 AM PST by mewzilla (In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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